In 1861, talk of secession transformed into armed conflict. Many of the men educated at Randolph-Macon College in the preceding 29 years immediately responded to the calls of their state militias to serve, while others later enlisted or were conscripted into the Confederate or Union armies. Others served in public office, or were ultimately drawn into the conflict in the last days in reserve units in local defense. These are their stories.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Llewellyn Jones Hite, student 1857-1858
Llewellyn Hite enlisted on May 20, 1861 as a corporal in Company C of the 20th VA Infantry. He was taken prisoner at Rich mountain, WV on July 11, 1861, paroled on July 17, 1861, and discharged on September 27, 1861. Hite later enlisted as a private in Company G of the 9th VA Cavalry, on January 20, 1864 and was paroled on April 17, 1865 when he took the Oath of Allegiance. He spent his remaining years as a farmer in Lunenburg County, VA. His widow's pension application in 1900 indicates his cause of death as "paralysis."
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